Wildlife : Birdwatching - 1581 🐦

🦉 The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser)

📚 Mergus (Greek) unidentified waterfowl mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Horace, and other ancient Roman authors
📚 merganser Greek: Mergus-Waterfowl, Anser-Goose

This funny duck appeared with us recently. Before that, I had never seen it on our big river that flows along the city. But two years ago and still they often come across to me, and even in the spring they spend the mating season.

On that day, I was walking through the meadows that are nearby, and looked at the shore where I decided to rest. This duck flew past, and it was very close. Obviously, she is already used to seeing people, since fishermen can often be seen fishing along the shore.